August 20, 2012

A Package in the Mail

One of my dearest friends that I grew up with on Maui recently sent a care package of epic proportions -- the most wonderful box of treats arrived in the mail! Julia and I were literally dancing and yelling from excitement. In this age of online ordering and catalogs, there is nothing like the thrill of an unexpected surprise package or letter from an old and cherished friend.

What made the box extra special was the inclusion of some photos that my friend took of Julia and I during an excursion to a local tea shop -- from a visit three years ago! I had never seen the photos, so that pushed the mystery box o' awesome onto another level of fun.

(OH! Almost forgot that there was a Hello Kitty plushie wearing a watermelon dress but Sally chewed on her arm the other day and J is devastated and there's no picture of HK today and we must never speak of this again.)

Julia and I were in heaven. And it made us start plotting about who we can surprise with a fun care package sometime soon. Nothing better than old fashioned mail....something hand picked and hand written. I'm going to encourage Julia to try and find a regular pen pal!

14 comments:

There really is nothing better than a care package in the mail. I love the pillow and garland. Are they going in Julia's room?

I had several pen pals when I was a girl and there was something so special about writing and receiving letters in the mail. My mom was really in tune with my love of letter writing and bought me an entire assortment of cute stationary papers (with matching envelopes, of course!).

Now I wish people wrote letters more often. It's such a wonderful way to communicate and I miss that sense of excitement I used to feel whenever I opened the mailbox.